Open Day

What can one say, what a brilliant Open Day. There was such a good vibe on the day with all the activities and we were overwhelmed by all the support, compliments and, of course, contributions.

Friday we still had to do a fair amount of preparation, not least the gathering and tying of the cut flowers.

Looks like hard work. Last year we had too few bunches so we made more but it turned out still not enough. We even had some in the greenhouse as backup and they were soon gone as well.

We were worried about the trail run as conditions were quite slippery underfoot, luckily everybody took it as part of the challenge and, also thanks to the excellent organisation of Sheena and co, everyone enjoyed it.

Then it was time to open the nursery for the plant sale. As usual some people jumped the gun but we stuck to our 9 am opening time. There was a steady stream of customers all through the morning but thanks to all the expert helpers everything went off very smoothly.

A new feature was the food and cooldrink stall ably manned by Tinus and crew. With some music and chairs set out this definitely added to the vibe and hopefully can be repeated.At ten it was the turn of the cyclist and the family ride. With still some big puddles on some of the tracks we thought it would be even more of a challenge than the runners but Paul was fantastic and made those puddles part of the fun for the youngsters and, judging by some of the tall stories afterwards, to great effect.

Perhaps the best part of the day was afterwards just chilling for a while with our dedicated group of friends and reflecting on a splendid day and a job well done.

Thanks to all of you!